Feb. 24, 2015

Joe Sharkey On the Road column recalls the time before federal government, after years of pressure from Association of Flight Attendants, banned smoking on most domestic flights in 1990; points out today every commercial flight is smoke-free. MORE

Feb. 23, 2015

A study linking an extra five diseases and 60,000 deaths to tobacco use, and the popularity of e-cigarettes, should push the F.D.A. into action. MORE

Feb. 20, 2015

Reynolds American unit Niconovum will work with Pinney Associates to develop new type of nicotine gum and other nicotine-replacement products including electronic cigarettes. MORE

Feb. 18, 2015

Study in Journal of the American Medical Assn finds that medication designed to help patients quit smoking, typically administered when patient feels they are ready to quit, can be effective even for those who feel they are not ready, opening door for eventual cessation. MORE

Feb. 15, 2015

Editorial highlights study published in New England Journal of Medicine finding that smoking is even more harmful to health than previously thought; calls on government to expand efforts to help smokers quit, particularly state governments in the United States through programs like Medicaid. MORE

Feb. 12, 2015

Study in The New England Journal of Medicine suggests at least five diseases and 60,000 annual deaths should be linked to tobacco in United States; smoking is already tied to nearly half a million US deaths a year from 21 diseases including 12 forms of cancer. MORE

Feb. 4, 2015

CDC data shows that Americans' exposure to secondhand smoke has fallen by 50 percent since 2000 as municipalities have moved to ban smoking in public places and number of smokers has declined. MORE

Jan. 27, 2015

Joe Nocera Op-Ed column criticizes misleading conclusions drawn from Portland State University study finding that some electronic cigarettes produce formaldehyde, a cancer-causing agent, when used at high voltages; says study does not show that devices are dangerous when used normally, but that anti-tobacco activists have nonetheless used it to scare cigarette smokers away from what could be a far healthier habit. MORE

Jan. 23, 2015

New Orleans City Council, overruling objections from businessmen, votes unanimously to ban smoking in bars and gambling halls; owners had strongly objected that ban would hurt income and tax revenue; city was among last in country to allow smoking in bars. MORE

Jan. 19, 2015

Op-Ed article by American Enterprise Institute scholar Sally Satel holds that success of electronic cigarettes, safer alternative to tobacco smoking, is being hindered by Food and Drug Administration's delay in regulating product; urges administration to set interim safety guidelines to assuage public concerns, rather than relying on burdensome regulation process. MORE

Jan. 13, 2015

Product called JuJu Joint, available in Washington State, where marijuana is legal, marks long-anticipated marriage of e-cigarette technology and cannabis; some addiction researchers fear that device, which has no smoke or smell, will lead to psychiatric and health problems, especially among young people. MORE

Dec. 29, 2014

Editorial demands federal rules to prevent child labor in tobacco fields, practice allowable under law as long as parents give consent; applauds move by some tobacco companies to restrict child labor; warns since Rep David Cicilline's bill prohibiting children under age 18 from working in tobacco fields is unlikely to pass in Republican-controlled Congress, Obama administration can utilize Department of Labor to enact age restrictions. MORE

Dec. 25, 2014

Big tobacco companies are pouring their money and resources into developing cigarette alternatives in effort to dominate potentially lucrative new e-cigarette market; are experimenting with dozens of high-tech instruments to deliver nicotine even as industry critics and health officials warn that new devices could create another generation of addicts (Series: The New Smoke). MORE

Dec. 17, 2014

National Institute on Drug Abuse survey measuring for the first time the use of e-cigarettes by teenagers finds such activity has surpassed use of traditional cigarettes; survey was taken among nation's middle and high school students, measuring their alcohol and drug use for 2014. MORE

Dec. 14, 2014

Growing popularity of electronic cigarettes fuels e-cigarette boom in China, which is expected to ship more than 300 million of the devices to United States and Europe; enormous supply chain for e-cigarettes is largely unregulated by Chinese authorities, and experts say lack of oversight could account for some of heavy metals, carcinogens and other dangerous compounds that have been detected in some of the devices (Series: The New Smoke). MORE

Dec. 5, 2014

Editorial warns Food and Drug Administration that softer warning labels on smokeless tobacco products, which has been requested by Swedish Match, may only lure more people into the nicotine market; contends that link between smokeless tobacco products like Swedish Match's gum and lower rates of smoking and tobacco-related diseases is unclear. MORE

Dec. 2, 2014

Michael George Patterson, 59-year-old Native Alaskan lifelong smoker who is chronically ill, tells high school students in Juneau about his impending death and encourages them to avoid smoking; is one of more than two dozen people selected by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to speak out against tobacco use. MORE

Nov. 30, 2014

Large body of research suggests that so-called snus, oral tobacco product manufactured by Swedish Match, appears to increase the risk of mouth cancer and some other cancers; effects are nonetheless modest in comparison to the array of lethal risks posed by smoking; analysis of extant research is offered. MORE

Nov. 30, 2014

Swedish Match, tobacco company that manufacturers oral 'snus' packets, has filed petition with the Food and Drug Administration to declare its smokeless product less harmful than cigarettes; circumstance raises question of whether warning labels on tobacco products should take into account varying degrees of risk (Series: The New Smoke). MORE

Nov. 29, 2014

Joe Nocera Op-Ed column submits that development of e-cigarette industry has been met by executives with mix of cautious optimism and frustration; notes that while proponents hope to market electronic cigarettes as healthy alternative to tobacco smoking, some in health care field have been resistant to idea. MORE

Nov. 27, 2014

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that smoking rate in United States dropped to 17.8 percent in 2013, slightly lower than 18.1 percent in 2012. MORE

Nov. 25, 2014

Research shows that smoking through hookah, considered to be harmless by some, is serious health risk. MORE

Nov. 20, 2014

Board of Health in Westminster, Mass, votes to drop proposal to ban sale of tobacco and nicotine products, week after public hearing protesting possible ban. MORE

Nov. 18, 2014

Residents of Westminster, Mass, are bristling at becoming first town in country to ban sale of cigarettes, e-cigarettes, cigars and chewing tobacco; only 17 percent of people in town of 7,400 are smokers, but many perceive ban as frontal assault on their individual liberties. MORE

Nov. 17, 2014

Exposure to secondhand smoke and roadway traffic may be tied to increased body mass index in children and adolescents, a new study suggests. MORE

Nov. 11, 2014

Medicare will cover annual screenings for lung cancer for four million older Americans with long history of heavy smoking; draft decision by Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will extend coverage for CT scans to Medicare beneficiaries who smoked at least a pack a day for 30 years or the equivalent. MORE

Nov. 9, 2014

Case brought by lawyer Jason Luckasevic against the NFL on behalf of former players who suffered brain injuries is moving toward final settlement, which could prove to be a legal and regulatory nightmare for the league; case raises possibility that template for future of football is that of the tobacco industry. MORE

Oct. 23, 2014

Reynolds American, maker of Camel cigarettes, says it will bar smoking in its offices and buildings in 2015. MORE

Oct. 18, 2014

Michael Wilson Crime Scene column says high taxes on tobacco in New York is fueling cigarette smuggling; notes a pack of Marlboros purchased at Virginia's low prices and sold at New York City's going rate, can put five or six dollars in seller's pocket. MORE

Oct. 7, 2014

Op-Ed article by Prof Jim Estes warns a number of states have misused payments from tobacco companies that were meant for public health education following 1998 settlement; says states have instead used windfall for various unrelated expenditures, rather than tobacco prevention, as intended; notes many have mortgaged future payments through poorly-structured bond deals that will leave them heavily in debt. MORE

Sep. 29, 2014

Smoking, tobacco products and e-cigarettes will be banned, as of Oct 1, at 31 public colleges and universities that make up the University System of Georgia; question that seems to loom largest about the new regulations is the extent to which University of Georgia should enforce the ban; students openly doubt administrators will impose sanctions on violators, and many predict the ban will be ignored and defied. MORE

Sep. 29, 2014

Tobacco companies are putting out among strongest health warnings in fledgling e-cigarette industry, going further even than familiar ones on actual cigarettes; warnings have left industry's critics scratching their heads and deeply skeptical (Series: The New Smoke). MORE

Sep. 26, 2014

French government announces plan to curb smoking that would introduce plain packaging for cigarettes, ban smoking on playgrounds and make it harder to use electronic cigarettes in certain public settings. MORE

Sep. 21, 2014

Op-Ed article by Prof Jason Karlawish reflects on decision by singer Leonard Cohen to resume smoking again at the age of 80; contends decision raises question of when one should set aside life lived for future and instead embrace pleasures of the present. MORE

Sep. 7, 2014

Public health experts say hundreds of children continue to work in America's tobacco fields, where they are exposed to hazardous conditions due to exposure to nicotine and other chemicals; opponents of child labor are hoping to revive proposal quashed by Obama administration in 2012, which sought to make this work illegal for children under 16, after midterm elections are over. MORE

Sep. 7, 2014

Sep. 3, 2014

CVS locations nationwide will no longer sell tobacco products, fulfilling pledge company made in February as it seeks to reposition itself as a health care destination; rebranding will also include new name of CVS Health. MORE

Aug. 27, 2014

World Health Organization says that governments should ban use of electronic cigarettes indoors and in public places and outlaw tactics to lure young users; its report calls for some of toughest measures yet proposed for the increasingly popular devices. MORE

Aug. 26, 2014

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 263,000 middle school and high school students in the United States have tried e-cigarettes but not traditional cigarettes in 2013, about 60 percent increase from 2012. MORE

Aug. 24, 2014

Philanthropic ambitions of former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg have grown to a global scale as he pursues pledge to give away his $32.8 billion fortune before he dies; with programs in 95 countries, Bloomberg Philanthropies has set lofty objectives, like reducing smoking rates in tobacco-loving Turkey among several other initiatives. MORE

Aug. 14, 2014

Massachusetts fire marshal is looking into e-cigarette as possible cause of smoldering bag that was removed from plane at Boston's Logan International Airport; officials are asking Transportation Department to consider classifying e-cigarettes as hazardous materials. MORE

Aug. 11, 2014

Advertising column; American Legacy Foundation is poised to introduce a new antismoking campaign aimed at teenagers, which takes a decidedly less rebellious tone than its previous 'Truth' campaign. MORE

Aug. 9, 2014

Editorial criticizes cost-benefit analysis that is among important criteria for proposed Food and Drug Administration rule to regulate electronic cigarettes, cigars and other tobacco products; calls analysis, which takes into account loss of pleasure smokers experience when they quit smoking, misguided if not absurd, and calls for approach to be abandoned before issuing final rule. MORE

Aug. 9, 2014

Twenty-nine state attorneys general urge Food and Drug Administration to strengthen its proposed regulations on electronic cigarettes, business that has exploded into a $2.5 billion industry with virtually no regulatory oversight. MORE

Aug. 7, 2014

Cost-benefit analysis for smoking, embedded in federal government's new tobacco regulations, assumes that benefits from reducing smoking have to be discounted by 70 percent to offset loss in pleasure that smokers suffer when kicking their habit; experts say calculation wipes out most of economic benefits from regulations and could make them far more vulnerable to legal challenges from the tobacco industry. MORE

Jul. 25, 2014

Andrew Adam Newman Advertising column observers that new anti-smoking campaign from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention uses the threat of chronic and disfiguring disease, rather than death, to deliver its message. MORE

Jul. 23, 2014

Kentucky Deputy Atty Gen Sean Riley urges state attorneys general to investigate, and consider taking legal action against, e-cigarette companies that appear to be using advertising tactics aimed at young people; announcement comes at gathering of nearly two dozen attorneys general held on 20th anniversary of initiation of historic law suit that resulted in $10 billion annual payment by tobacco industry. MORE

Jul. 22, 2014

New strict and costly Food and Drug Administration regulations could lead to closing of J C Newman Cigar Company factory, last of its kind in historic Tampa, Fla, neighborhood of Ybor City; factory is last link to city's 150-year-old cigar legacy; area was once home to scores of cigar makers. MORE

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